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everyone else has theirs.... i want mine.
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Bottled or kegged? Only with kegged beer is there something you can do.
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Still 72-82 here. But, we'll be getting there soon. I hate the summer time.
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Was your fermentation temp and post ferm temps the same as usual? Did your beer reach terminal gravity? Beer could of been still fermenting or it could of had more residual co2 in it.
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Psshtt, It suppose to hit 90 here by this weekend. We got extra insulation put in when the house was built but both garages are on the south side of the house too so they heat up pretty good.
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An IPA should be fine at 72. That's the top end of what I would ferment it at. So, make sure it doesn't go much higher. The most important thing is temp stability. You don't want your ambient...
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We went with the one from Brew365 since we had plenty of hops for that recipe. I then altered the hop schedule for more of a hop burst at the end.
We came up short on the gravity for some reason....
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I like dry hopping when I have about 2-3 points left during fermentation, then any o2 that gets introduced gets scrubbed out... Plus most yeasts add a good taste addition when it's still somewhat...
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brew365 has good recipes, but knowing off first hand, they don't have the right recipes for clones.
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did a 254# dry hop today...my arm is tired...
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is he doing the 120mm computer fan + rare earth strong magnet combo? i used an old electric shaver charger as the power cord and a $1 tupperware as my base... ghetto but works great...
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Just tasted my first barleywine last night after about 3 months in secondary. Very impressed for my first one. A bit dry at 1.014. But, it still tastes a little malty and is 9.7%.
I also brewed...
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I tell ya what... DH took a class last January at the local brew shop. He learned more in those 6 classes than he did reading the books. And it lit a fire in his soul and he is addicted. He wants a...
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Oh yeah. Water chemistry is very important. pH levels, calcium, alkalinity,etc. I was about to buy a water softener thinking I would be better off. Then, I started reading John and Jamil's...
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Well I got some kegging stuff today off of craigs list.
4 ball lock kegs
dual pressure regulator with 2 way distribution per regulator
20# co2 tank
some hoses, a picnic tap, and all connectors,...
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Nice, good luck Matt. Brian entered one recently... I think he had 10 entries or 12 entries or something. I forgot to check to see if/what he won.
My basement is in shambles but I'll have the...
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An old refrigerator with a temp controller works the best. I got my fridge off CL for $50.
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good day for free stuff at work, got all my grains for my next brew, 11oz of amarillo(few handfuls at the time), 7oz of star san, and 6 cases of unmarked unused bottles and 2 cases of marked unused...
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i always shoot for bad efficiency just in case, but holy crap, on my american blonde ale i got 87% efficiency... this is going to be more of an imperial american blonde... hope the judges can tell...
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Anyone interested in this?
Getting close to pulling the trigger on the keezer kit from keg connection.
Hopefully tomorrow I will win the auction for a 2 stage digital (aquarium) thermo coupler...
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That's correct. One HLT and one mash tun. You most likely will only be able to do 60 minute boils in that kettle.
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I can just add water partway through the boil if I need to in order to get it back where it needs to be. After 60 mins I can see where I'm at, figure what my boiloff rate is and add a quart or two....
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Thinking the following:
$25 for each keg.
$30 for regulator
$40 for CO2
? for connectors and hoses. Not sure on what is permanently attached to the fridge and what is not.
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i would just make a co2 line through the collar and keep the tank outside the unit.... not as pretty but you can fit more beer in your chest freezer... (make a nice box or bracket on the outside to...
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I have 4 beers entered in the largest homebrew contest in southern California. Well over 800 beers entered! I have a blonde, a ris, an American ipa, and an English brown. Considering I bottled my...
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What is a good price for the legging pieces of this listing (kegs, co2, regular, hoses, connector). Currently the only thing I have is a new freezer:
Danby kegerator fridge, can hold 3 pony kegs...
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just got a job offer from a different san diego brewery... had an interview a few months back... not sure the exact title, i have to try to get ahold of him, he left me a message earlier and i called...
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it goes pre-filter... it gets added when the beer is about at the end of fermentation(yeast is dumped, tank is capped)... we add them into a grundy which we add a thick layer of co2 and is a constant...
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Does it go straight into the beer and then the beer is filtered? Or is there some sort of large mesh basket or netting?
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Bottled. Yeah I figured as much. Just kind of odd, no bottle bombs, the batch before and after are just fine (different recipe but still I used the same amount of corn surgar). Aw well. It's the...
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i have an interview on friday at my same employer but as an assistant brewer... over a hundred of applications, 5 of which were interns at my employer in the past 2 months, and a few people from...
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exhausted kegged 272 1/2bbls of ipa today, thats with a 1 hour delay due to a plc valve replacement.
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First homebrew batch is in process. Waiting on water to come to temp to drop in my grain bag.
Sanitized the fark out of everything.
I am going to do a few runs (like 10 or so) or partial...
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OK....so....school me on moving the wort to a secondary. It has been bubbling along nicely in a brew bucket now for about 72 hours.
1.Should I move it to a secondary (I have a glass carboy)
2....
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Just had my 'boil-over' cherry popped. That was fun. Only lost about 1/4 cup though.
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Yep....Dumped the bittering hops and KABLAM! Pulled it off the heat and stirred a lot. Boiling nicely after the heat break. My house smells like boiled peanuts
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Thanks Mav. I will let it roll then until Saturday or so and do a FG reading. How do you pull the sample for the reading? Since it is in the bucket, I can't just drop the hydrometer in since I will...
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There is no need to sanitize anything before the boil in case that's what you mean. You only need to sanitize anything that touches the wort after the boil.
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for a DIPA i wouldn't use honey, or if i did it would be very small amount... Honey is highly fermentable but it still does leave some residual sweetness...and DIPA's need to be dry. Definitely try...
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2 of my kegs of home brew were finished off at my birthday party. I had my IDA and Wit on tap. Most people didn't like my Barleywine as expected. So, I still have a 1/4 of the keg left. Time to...
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